My wife and I love Paris (France) and always stay at a small hotel. The Washington Square Hotel reminded us of a lovely small French hotel. One elevator, small corridors, small clean room, continental breakfast and a modern bathroom.

I arrived at the hotel and was warmly greeted by the reception staff, check in was quick and easy and I was directed to my room.
The room was bigger than I expected based on reviews that I had read prior to booking, I had a single room with shared bathroom, room located adjacent to the bathroom.
The shared bathroom idea put me off a little, however, even though the hotel was fully booked, I never queued once for the bathroom, heard it in use or had any issues. Bathroom was always clean when I went in and housekeeping staff did a great job.
Room had a free to use safe, TV with 20+ working channels, wash basin and adequate storage space. The hotel also provides free wifi which worked fine with good speeds.
Located a two minute walk from the Empire State and one minute from the main train line serving Brooklyn, One Tower Observatory, Grand Central and walking distance to the Rockefeller Centre, Central Park and Times Square the hotel is ideal for anyone wanting to be centrally located to all the sights.

The location was perfect for holiday shopping, subway access and great eateries. The facility is a bit worn, but it's a popular property and well kept. The staff was fantastic... smiles, great advice and spot-on service. Thank you.

Hard to check in at the front door do to streets being closed off for the Thanksgiving day parade. They should put something on there site telling people how to get in or what time the streets would be closed off. We found their 38th street back entrance and was able to call the front desk to open the door. Everyone came to back door to get our luggage and valet for the car but we had to figure this one out.
They tell everyone this best time to check in on this particular day.
Hotel was clean and great looking. The pet stay price is ridiculous!!! I wanted to let my dog just run around...lol!

I really liked this hotel and would have given it 5 stars if not for two things. 1) When you get there, you have to go down some stairs to get to the lobby. It was a little weird that the entrance wasn't on street level? I had a heavy bag, and didn't see the elevator to the side. 2) The room was a little on the small side, and I couldn't figure out how to turn off the one lamp (I ended up unplugging it), but overall was clean and nice. I would definitely stay here if I need to be in this area again. I had to be at the College of podiatric medicine early the next day and it was about a 10 minute walk. The hotel is also located near (again- just a short walk- maybe 5 minutes) from the famous Sylvia's restaurant and the Red Rooster restaurant as well. The lobby is small, but really- who needs a big fancy lobby? and I loved the clean modern lines, and all the colors in the hotel. They have coffee for you in the morning which is complementary or you can purchase sandwiches and snacks there too. I really liked the hote- it was clean and had a friendly staff.

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